Hari Nesathurai
Partner
Phone: 1-647-259-1750
Direct: 1-647-259-1754
Fax: 1-647-259-1777
Email: hnesathurai@c2globallaw.com
Office: Toronto, ON | Rochester, NY
Expertise
Tax Law
Trust and Estate Law
Federal Court Litigation
Tax Appeals
US Trademarks
International Law
Executive Summary
Hari practice areas include tax, trademarks, trusts and estates, and technology law as well as related litigation to federal, state and provincial courts and tribunals in Canada and the United States.
Hari is retained as lead counsel and advisor on many international and cross border structuring an litigation files and brings a practical and business approach to the practice of law.
Representative Work
Hari has been involved in representing:
Advised on $90M acquisition of TSX-V public company by Singapore investment group
Advised on $40M real estate acquisition by developer of development lands in greater Toronto area
Successfully appealed satellite piracy case against Bell
Advised and restructured $10M trusts in Isle of Man and Bermuda to comply with recent tax changes
Advised on setting up a Bermuda captive insurer for a Canadian public entity
Publication and Presentation
Annual update to CGA Association on Tax Law
Presenter – Starting a small business for Industry Canada
Appeared on CBC Radio – The Current – Nortel Disability Insurance
Canadian Lawyer Magazine – February 2014 – Real Estate Nuts and Bolts of owning U.S. Property
CPA Ontario – A Day in Tax Court
EDUCATION / BAR ADMISSION
LL.M. (tax), Osgoode Hall Law School, 2001
JD, University of Western Ontario, 1994
B.Sc. Management Systems, General Motors Institute, 1989
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
New York State Bar, 1995
Massachusetts Bar, 1995
Law Society of Upper Canada, Ontario, 1996
Law Society of England and Wales, Solicitor, 2005
United States District Court, 1995
United States Bankruptcy Court, 1995
United States Tax Court, 2010
Unites States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2010
Law Society of British Columbia, 2013
Trademark Agent, US & Canada
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
Member, Canadian Tax Foundation
Member, Canadian Bar Association